Battle of Atlantic
- Convoys are used to get ships safely across the Atlantic
- Protected by destroyers
- Depth charges, Asdic, hedgehog, radar and long range aircraft and carrier based aircraft all help cure the problem
- Range of bombers increases
- Carrier based aircraft
- More warships
"The Battle of the Atlantic was the only thing that ever frightened me"
- Winston Churchill
- Winston Churchill
FUN FACT:
- Some 2,000 members of the RCN were killed during the war, the vast majority of them in the Battle of the Atlantic. Another 752 members of the RCAF also died in maritime operations.
- Approximately 2,000 members of the RCN died during the war, and 24 RCN vessels were sunk.
- Canadian aircraft and ships, alone or in consort with other ships or aircraft, sank 50 U-boats
Subjunctive Question
Did loosing the Battle of Atlantic hurt Germany in the long run ?
Summary
Using U-boats the Germans tried to sink the British boats. Unfortunately for them Britain dropped depth charges to collapse the hulls of opposing submarines and would also slam their boats into the sides of the German U-boats, winning them the Battle of Atlantic.